Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1682: Chapter 973: Accomplished, Departing in Silence

Zheng Mingde moved swiftly; before Yang Xiao returned to the temporary command center from the mountain, Sun Long and others dispatched by him had already raided the site of the Horror Talk Association in Mopan Town, capturing everyone involved.

Just as Yang Xiao lifted the door curtain and entered the room, Zheng Mingde quickly approached him, bending his knee as if to kneel. This startled Yang Xiao, who immediately reached out to support him, hurriedly asking, "Captain Zheng, what... what are you doing?!"

Zheng Mingde’s eyes reddened, his voice choked with emotion, "Younger Brother Yang, I... I have wronged you. It’s my poor management that leaked the information, almost causing harm to you and your men!"

"Brother Zheng, get up first, let’s talk about this standing." Yang Xiao helped him to sit down on a chair.

"Younger Brother Yang, what about the casualties among your men? Did any brothers sacrifice themselves?" Zheng Mingde barely sat on the chair before standing up again to inquire.

The face of Butterfly Lady flashed in Yang Xiao’s mind. After a moment, he shook his head, "No sacrifices, but a few were injured, fortunately not seriously."

"That’s good, that’s very good..." Zheng Mingde nodded repeatedly, his heart finally settling. His brothers were brothers, and Yang Xiao’s brothers were also brothers. The fact that there were no sacrifices among their men was the best news, proving the situation hadn’t reached an irreparable point.

Without hesitating, Zheng Mingde quickly took a card from his pocket and forcibly shoved it into Yang Xiao’s hand, "Younger Brother Yang, this is a little token from your brother. Keep it to buy some gifts for the injured brothers to soothe their nerves. You came in a hurry this time, and your brother wasn’t well prepared, really..."

"Brother Zheng, you..." Yang Xiao couldn’t escape and had to accept it.

"How is the situation in Mopan Town?" Yang Xiao asked, getting to the main point.

"Rest assured, the news just came in; it has been taken down, not a single one escaped. Song Yan was also captured on the spot, and it was Sun Long himself who took the lead in capturing them. They’re now organizing people for night interrogations," Zheng Mingde reported.

Upon hearing Sun Long’s name, Yang Xiao couldn’t help but frown. Today’s incident was caused by this man’s mishandling; if not severely punished, Yang Xiao would be the first to disagree.

Seeing Yang Xiao’s expression changed, Zheng Mingde showed a difficult expression, "Younger Brother Yang, I want to ask you for something. This bastard Sun Long indeed made a mistake; logically, executing him wouldn’t be too much. But he didn’t mean to betray his brothers, and he did make contributions..."

"Brother Zheng, if achievements can offset faults, then I see no need for an internal court at our Patrol Defense Office. Over the years, which brother punished hasn’t made contributions?"

Yang Xiao couldn’t help but stand up after hearing this. It’s not that he’s not giving face; it’s just that the reasoning doesn’t hold. It’s fine if he got hurt, but more than a hundred died above, including many women and children. These tragedies were entirely preventable, but all happened due to someone’s neglect and stupidity. In Yang Xiao’s view, if not severely punished to warn others, it would cause a major disaster in the future.

Zheng Mingde fell silent for a few seconds, then slammed the table, "Yes! Captain Yang is right! If we don’t punish him, what face does our Patrol Defense Office have to exist in the world to uphold justice?"

With these words, Zheng Mingde left Yang Xiao and walked outside with large strides, pulling down the door curtain, shouting outside, "Bring me that scum Sun Long here, because of him, innocent civilians suffered, and Captain Yang was put in danger. I’ll shoot him! To save our Nanzhe Province Office from disgrace."

"Captain, you can’t kill Old Sun, he made contributions!" Someone outside immediately came to dissuade.

"Captain, if it weren’t for Old Sun, dozens of our brothers would’ve been surrounded to death. He was dug out from a pile of dead bodies; without him, there wouldn’t be our current Second Enforcement Brigade. You can’t kill him!" Another dark-faced man fell to his knees with a thud, clutching Zheng Mingde’s thigh, crying and pleading.

"Get away! Emotions can’t override the law; if achievements could offset faults, what would we need courts for?" Zheng Mingde kicked away the dark-faced man, "Bring me that bastard Sun Long here, so many innocent civilians died, and Captain Yang’s brothers were harmed. My brothers are brothers; aren’t his brothers brothers too? How do you expect me to explain to him?!"

Upon these words, the people kneeling and crying looked at Yang Xiao who had come out, and the next moment they crowded around Yang Xiao, clutching his leg pleading for mercy for their good brother, "Captain Yang, please give Old Sun a way out, even... even let him die on the battlefield; Old Sun is a brave man, he wasn’t scared when surrounded by Evil Cultivators!"

"Captain Yang, bless your heart, your great kindness we will never forget, and will repay you someday! Captain Yang, I... I will kowtow to you on behalf of Old Sun!" The man cried as he kneeled down and kowtowed.

"You... what are you doing, get up, let’s talk standing!" Yang Xiao was completely restrained, regardless of what he said, these people just wouldn’t get up.

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"What are you doing, trying to force Captain Yang to agree? Get up, bring me the man, I must execute him myself! To serve as a warning to others!" Zheng Mingde continued the act, drawing his pistol in a rage-like manner, but after shouting for so long, no one went to bring the man.

Yang Xiao sighed inwardly, knowing these guys were just performing for him; this scene had been discussed in advance. What execution, it was all fake, performed to show him. These guys were prepared to unite and defend Sun Long to the end.